Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mt Parnassus (Parnassos; Dhírfis Oros; Dírphys; Tírfis), Phocis, Central Greece, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 29434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Parnassus (Parnassos; Dhírfis Oros; Dírphys; Tírfis), Phocis, Central Greece, Greece": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Delphí (Dhelfi; Dhelfoi; Delphes)

Latitude: 38°33'18"N
Longitude: 22°43'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.555,22.731666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Millerite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64080	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	64080	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	64080	708
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	64080	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64080	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	64080	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	64080	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	64080	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	64080	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	64080	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	64080	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	64080	14640
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	64080	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	64080	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	64080	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	64080	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	64080	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	64080	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	64079	177
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	64080	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64080	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64080	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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